The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2195
Last Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3372
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 279.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 14m / 25.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.09° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.57° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.